subordinate - noun

an assistant subject to the authority or control of another

a word that is more specific than a given word

subordinate - verb

• rank or order as less important or consider of less value
• make subordinate, dependent, or subservient

subordinate - adjective

• lower in rank or importance
• subject or submissive to authority or the control of another
• (of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence

subordinate - thesaurus

dependent   hyponym   subdue   subsidiary   underling